During the week of the Democratic Convention, here's what happened: The
              United States bombed Iraq two days in a row, killing at least two people and
              wounding a couple of dozens.
 

              U.S. ally Turkey bombed northern Iraq under the protection of the U.S. no
              fly zone, and killed 38 Kurds and wounded 11, according to Reuters. (The
              Gulf War that Gore is so proud of supporting was supposed to protect Kurds,
              wasn't it?)
 

              The sanctions on Iraq continued, taking their deadly toll on Iraqi kids. If
              the week was an average one in Iraq, 1,000 more kids died as a result of
              sanctions.
 

              Convention week also saw eighty-three members of the U.S. Special Forces
              training the Colombian army, something that both Gore and Bush support.
 

              That same week, another wing of that Colombian army massacred six school
              children. You didn't hear a peep about that from Ted Kennedy, Bill Bradley,
              or even Jesse Jackson.
 

              Nor did you hear a peep about Pentagon spending soaring up to the $300
              billion level. Democrats used to be for a peace dividend. No more.
 

              A final neglected fact came out during convention week: The U.S. population
              of inmates passed the two million mark, a point that Gore did not deem
              important enough to comment on.
 

              And why should he? He and Clinton are partly responsible for it because of
              the harsh drug laws they have passed.
 

              Outside of the Staples Center, the policies of the Democratic Leadership
              Council and Clinton-Gore-Lieberman were wreaking havoc, from Baghdad to
              Bogota, from the Pentagon to jails and prisons around this country.
 

              These are the policies that progressives are being browbeaten to support as
              Al Gore dons the costume of populist.
 

              --Matthew Rothschild, Editor of The Progressive magazine.
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